Patent · US Expired

Disc brake with a caliper supported by slide pins

US4392560A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1981
Grant dateJul 12, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2055/0091
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A disc brake wherein a caliper having a fluid pressure cylinder portion and a reaction portion for urging a pair of pad assemblies onto a disc rotor is shiftably retained by four slide pins. The slide pins are erected from a torque receiving member, one pair on either side of the disc rotor. Respective two slide pins projecting perpendicularly away from the rotor on opposite sides thereof are positioned co-axially to each other. At least one of the four slide pins disposed on the side with the cylinder portion is made into a main slide pin for chiefly regulating the shifting direction of the caliper; and the remaining three slide pins are respectively made into auxiliary slide pins with less capability for regulating the shifting direction than the main slide pin.

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